Any cost-effective way to remotely power on a PC
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Originally Posted by Not Sure,Nov 12 2009, 05:11 PM
It's better to set up your BIOS to power on automatically - it's simpler. I've heard a lot of people have problems getting Wake on LAN to work over a WAN.
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Originally Posted by Mondo131,Nov 12 2009, 05:29 PM
Theres programs that will make the packet needed. Just need to configure it to pass through the router correctly.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AAAJG
It's called a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) and it looks a lot like a power bar with a network jack on it. You can telnet into the PDU and turn on and off each outlet individually or setup a phased power-on and off sequence to turn machines on and off in a particular order. For example, turning on everything all at once might create an initial surge which trips the breaker. Using a PDU one can turn on each port in sequence and on a schedule to allow your stuff to power up gracefully.
They are used a lot in data centers to control racks of equipment. You can probably find something cheaper or better suited somewhere else, perhaps on ebay?. This one is just one of the first that came up.
Here are other options, many in the < $100 range.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=sear...rds=pdu&x=0&y=0
^^^ disregard above, those are unswitched units (ie powerbars without individual outlet control)
There is nothing switched < $100, Here is what you need:
http://pdusdirect.com/power-distribution-u.../pdu-cw-2h1-c20
It's the cheapest and smallest of the ones I found. Still, look at eBay for something used. People blow out servers and server equipment all the time. Once it's used for a couple of years it gets replaced and dropped on eBay.
It's called a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) and it looks a lot like a power bar with a network jack on it. You can telnet into the PDU and turn on and off each outlet individually or setup a phased power-on and off sequence to turn machines on and off in a particular order. For example, turning on everything all at once might create an initial surge which trips the breaker. Using a PDU one can turn on each port in sequence and on a schedule to allow your stuff to power up gracefully.
They are used a lot in data centers to control racks of equipment. You can probably find something cheaper or better suited somewhere else, perhaps on ebay?. This one is just one of the first that came up.
Here are other options, many in the < $100 range.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=sear...rds=pdu&x=0&y=0
^^^ disregard above, those are unswitched units (ie powerbars without individual outlet control)
There is nothing switched < $100, Here is what you need:
http://pdusdirect.com/power-distribution-u.../pdu-cw-2h1-c20
It's the cheapest and smallest of the ones I found. Still, look at eBay for something used. People blow out servers and server equipment all the time. Once it's used for a couple of years it gets replaced and dropped on eBay.
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From: Mesa
Originally Posted by Mondo131,Nov 12 2009, 01:14 PM
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From: Wylie, TX
Originally Posted by cthree,Nov 13 2009, 03:22 PM
^ he doesn't have WOL capability.
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Stupid question. Why not just put the computer on sleep mode at night like I do?
A touch of a key or a wiggle of the mouse and it wakes right up. While sleep, the computer is completely silent.
A touch of a key or a wiggle of the mouse and it wakes right up. While sleep, the computer is completely silent.